Maker Faire Bay Area 2025
TheraPals
Home: California
Cousins, Chloe and Adrienne Hong and Amelia Holley, have joined their passion for the arts and for helping children battling mental health concerns by creating "Therapals". Therapals are hand-made crocheted stress-relief animals or crocheted keychains, that you can customize and stuff with your very own selection of essential oils to be used as aromatherapy to help with stress relief, anxiety, mood boosting, improving sleep, or any other concerns. They are selling these products to raise funds for children's mental health organizations, which they feel passionate about.
http://www.therapals.com
Maker
Chloe Hong
Chloe Hong is a 14 year old high schooler, living in Piedmont, California, with two younger siblings. In her free time she loves reading, playing tennis and badminton, and skiing during the winters. She also loves vacationing with her family and shopping with her friends. Since a young age, she has always gravitated towards projects dealing with the arts. Finding time to make bracelets or stickers with her sister, crocheting with her cousins, or playing the piano have all been instrumental in reducing stress and anxiety that typical teenagers experience. Recently she helped a close friend who was experiencing multiple mental health issues and was impacted with how this took a toll on her friend's life and those around her. This opened her eyes to see how daily life, such as school or work or relationships with family or friends, can be really stressful for children. Chloe is excited to share her TheraPals project with others and is donating all proceeds to benefit children's Mental Health organi
http://www.therapal.com
